Theory
Big ideas shape how we understand ourselves and our world, from the deepest questions of existence to the systems that govern modern life. These thought-provoking works explore philosophy, politics, psychology, and social theory through accessible frameworks that illuminate complex concepts for curious minds.
Theory Book Summaries
The History of Sexuality, Volume 2
The Use of Pleasure
Philosophy
History
Sexuality
After Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Order of Things
An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
Philosophy
History
Theory
The Reactionary Mind
Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
Politics
History
Philosophy
Trouble in Paradise
From the End of History to the End of Capitalism
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Inventing the Future
Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Living a Feminist Life
Feminism
Philosophy
Politics
Liquid Times
Living in an Age of Uncertainty
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The True Life
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
The People’s Republic of Walmart
How the World’s Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
Economics
Politics
History
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
Philosophy
Politics
History
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
A Manifesto
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Mutual Aid
A Factor of Evolution
Politics
Philosophy
Science
The Numbers Game
The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life
Mathematics
Science
Economics
On Being Human
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Politics
Race
Social Justice
Gaga Feminism
Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal
Feminism
Queer
Gender
Aspiration
The Agency of Becoming
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
An Actor Prepares
Theatre
Film
Drama
Glitch Feminism
A Manifesto
Feminism
Theory
Philosophy
Mythologies
Philosophy
Essays
Theory
Grading for Equity
What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms
Education
Teaching
School
Practical Anarchism
A Guide for Daily Life
Politics
Social Justice
Philosophy
On Fascism
History
Politics
Race
Women, Race & Class
Feminism
Politics
Race
Passwords
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Relational-Cultural Therapy
Psychology
Counselling
Mental Health
Truth and Method
Philosophy
Theory
German Literature
How to Read Lacan
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
The Communist Manifesto
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Foundations of Leninism
Politics
Theory
Philosophy
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Philosophy
Classics
Art
The Interpretation of Dreams
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
On the Genealogy of Morals
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
The Sublime Object of Ideology
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Haunted Self
Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
The Burnout Society
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Discipline and Punish
The Birth of the Prison
Philosophy
History
Sociology
The Social Construction of Reality
A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
Sociology
Philosophy
Psychology
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Struggle for Recognition
The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Silencing the Past
Power and the Production of History
History
Philosophy
Politics
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Philosophical Fragments
Philosophy
Theory
Sociology
Critique of Judgment
Philosophy
Classics
Art
Being and Time
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
Civilization and Its Discontents
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
Imagined Communities
Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
History
Politics
Sociology
Anti-Oedipus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
Philosophy
Psychology
Theory
The Society of the Spectacle
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Minima Moralia
Reflections on a Damaged Life
Philosophy
Theory
Politics